Potential Dem degenerate: Ex-OR House speaker arrested for sex trafficking
Former Oregon House Speaker and current Clackamas Community College board member Dave Hunt was cited by Portland police in an undercover sex traffic sting operation in April.
Contacted by the Portland Tribune on Monday, May 3, Hunt said, “I don’t think I should talk about that.”
As a legislator, Hunt was one of the numerous sponsors of a bill criminalizing sex trafficking in 2007. In 2011, he also voted for the bill that created the crime for which he was arrested and cited.
JUST IN – Former Democrat House Majority Speaker for the state of Oregon, Dave Hunt, was arrested and charged over human sex trafficking (Portland Tribune)
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Former House Speaker Dave Hunt Cited in Online Sex Trafficking Bust Police say Hunt responded to an ad placed by officers. Former Oregon House Speaker Dave Hunt. (Wikimedia Commons) Updated 6:18 PM Former Oregon House Speaker Dave Hunt (D-North Clackamas) was cited in an online sex trafficking sting on Saturday along with seven other men. In a press release, the Portland Police Bureau said its Human Trafficking Unit planted ads on websites in April to attract people who would pay for sex. Hunt’s involvement was first reported by the
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By - Associated Press - Monday, May 3, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A former speaker of the Oregon House and current lobbyist in Salem has been accused by Portland Police of soliciting sex from an undercover officer. The charge was first reported by the Portland Tribune.
Democrat Dave Hunt lives in Milwaukie and represented parts of northern Clackamas County in the Legislature for a decade, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported. From 2009 to 2011, he served as speaker of the House and he previously served one term as House majority leader.
Former Democrat Speaker of House in Oregon Arrested for Sex Trafficking
Dave Hunt represented Clackamas County in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2003 through 2013. Hunt was the former Democratic Leader, Majority Leader, and Speaker of the House for the State of Oregon. As a legislator, Hunt the sponsor of a bill criminalizing sex trafficking in 2007. Hunt is currently a lobbyist working to influence the very chamber he left.
However, even more ironic in 2011, Dave Hunt use his position to support and vote for HB 2714. That bill created the crime of commercial sexual solicitation, the exact crime police used to charge Hunt when he was arrested and cited.